a night on the town

it's been nearly a week since my surgery, and since i was given strict orders by my doctor to be down. i'm pretty proud of myself, if you want to know the truth, i haven't cheated very much at all. i think one of the things i've missed the most, is just the good old outside air. haven't gotten even one dose of that since i came home from the hospital friday night. and i also think i've done myself a disservice by not opening up my bedroom curtains during the day to at least catch a glimpse of the sun, and to invite some beautiful natural light into the room. it's no wonder i'm feeling gloomy these days. john called me on the way home from work and asked if i had looked out the window to see the massive storm that was heading our way. i had no idea. how could i with the blinds shut and the curtains drawn? (does that mean closed? hope so.) i got up to take a quick peek. now, i'm not a huge lover of the rain, but seeing those dark, heavy clouds that were looming overhead - just made me want to go out and take a big breath of that fresh air and catch a nice waft of that beautiful smell that always precedes the rain. i wanted (NEEDED) more than anything to get out. i begged john to take me somewhere...anywhere.he agreed on walmart only because of those nifty jazzy power chairs that they have.and i know for a fact that walmart has them, because i see at least 80 people cruisin' around the store in them every time i go. no lie. and i'm sure you do too.as we were getting ready to leave the house, ruby asked if she could take her brella (umbrella), but i talked her out of it. ruby, wouldn't it be so fun if the rain just started pouring down, and we got caught in it, and ended up completely drenched? (that's what i was secretly hoping for.) with an enormous and very hopeful smile on her face, she agreed that that would be the best thing that could ever happen to us on our little outing. john pulled right up to the front curb, and left me and the kids in the car while he went inside and picked up the jazzy. it was pretty hilarious watching him ride out of the store with it. he helped me out of the car, after which i settled my big pregnant booty right in to it. it felt like it was made just for me.after taking a minute to familiarize myself with the controls, and sanitizing the heck out of it, i invited the children to hop on for the ride of their lives.


we didn't even need a darn thing, but somehow we still managed to fill up the basket, and spent $80 on nonsense. it was worth it though. for all of those crazy stares and looks of disgust. for all of those fixtures that we nearly hit (actually we pretty much knocked over two of them).and for all of the toes that we almost ran over.
it was the best night on the town i could have dreamed of...well, except for the fact that i almost fell asleep in the checkout line, and also i was a little disappointed that we never ended up getting caught in the rain. i guess we were about an hour too early. it's pouring buckets out there right now. i may wait til john falls alseep, and then sneek out in my little nighty, and do a quick twirl or two as the rain splashes my face and soaks my hair. and then i'll crawl back into my nice warm bed, and nestle deep down into the soft covers, and drift gently off to sleep.
sounds like heaven to me.